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The Sad Demise Of An Historic Part of Crieff : PART FOUR

The old grave yard
in Church ceased to function
away back in 1853 when the
present one in Ford road opened There
were a number of interments after that date
where families had purchased
burial lairs from the Parish Kirk
. In the 1990s Perth and Kinross Council
acting as the responsible party for the maintenance of the churchyard ,
advertised in the local press that any one who held burial rights in the ground were
required to contact them pending the
removal of a number of stones / memorials .

Fortunately
the churchyard had been surveyed in August 1972 by Allison Mitchell and her father , assisted by the late Marshall Sloan a well known local
worthy . Some 134 memorials were listed and it would appear that in or around 500 individuals had
been laid to rest in the churchyard over
a 200 year or longer period .

As a result of
their “ initiative “ , the Council proceeded with the removal of the majority
of stones ( destination “ unknown “ )
and realigned those remaining in a neat row parallel to the western boundary on
Church Street . A number of “ stumps “
and a few inscribed stones located
to the rear and side of the old church
were left . The “ stumps “ were just simple markers carrying only the
initials of the deceased and no further identifying marks . The full transcript of the 1972
survey together with a
allocation plan was published by
the Scottish Genealogy Society in 1975 and
reprinted in 2000 in a volume entitled “
South Perthshire Lower Strathearn
Monumental Inscriptions Pre 1855
.”

From the
1990s the Council exercised its
adopted responsibility for the
graveyard cutting the grass on a regular basis and
planting a hedge on the western entrance
to the church . It also until 2013 cut and maintained these hedges .Sadly and regrettably in 2013
the Council reneged its civic
duties and responsibilities regarding the maintenance

( Stone with besom and shovel – the sign of a maltman ) David Porteous , innkeeper
Crieff , wife Ellis Brown died
25 Mar 1778 aged 62 , children
Christian , Janet , David , John , James , Ann, Effie and Mary and four grand
children . In memory of John ( son of
David Porteous Crieff ) died 24 Jul 1834 in 32nd year , by his widow.

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